> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2001 13:06:53 -0400
> Subject: Re: OS 9.2.1 on PCC hardware
>
> Steve (and list folk) -
>
> > There is a hack for Wish I Were to enter the G3 gestalt codes, so you
> > could
> > do this. I used to have it, but alas have misplaced the file.
> >
>
> I tried this today on one of my PowerCenters and a Power Mac 7500. It
> *did* install, but the reliability was terrible. Apparently, the 9.2.1
> enablers and the new system files are optimized for the
> newer-generation, Open Firmware Apple hardware. A co-worker verified
> this on his 9500, both with and without a Sonnet G3 card.
Which probably explains why Apple is trying to prevent people with the "wrong"
machines from upgrading! I'd like to think that they are limiting the upgrade to
machines on which they know the upgrade will/should work well rather than just
arbitrarily cutting off older generation computers. This information certainly
supports that hypothesis.
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